Small
pattern Holbein carpet, XVI century, Ottoman Empire, Western Turkey.
According to John Taylor: "A carpet
exhibited by Alberto Boralevi in Perugia in 1996 was once in the
Contini-Bonacossi Collection and was optimistically dated late 15th
Century. It has a D1 type border with "X-Boxes" still connected. Unsold at
Nagels on 7 May 1994(1112)"